Walking on Walls and Wandering through Museums

A Sunday Expedition: July 1

So my dad and I checked off two items off of our Jerusalem bucket list on Sunday: visiting the Citadel museum in the Old City, and going on the 'Ramparts Walk' which is walking around the outside of the Old City walls.

Standing outside the Citadel Museum, or the 'Tower of David Museum'

In front of the ruins of the citadel

A replica of what the City of David would have looked like

Ruins of the Citadel

A model of what the original church of the Holy Sepulchre looked like

A model of the inside of the Dome of the Rock


Me in front of (from left to right) The church of the Holy Sepulchre, the tower of Saint Saviors, and the gold Dome of the Rock

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre

The Dome of the Rock

My Home!!!  The JC (Jerusalem Center)

On the Ramparts Wallk


After we got off of the Ramparts Walk, my dad and I walked to our car through the Old City, and all of its markets and shops.

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